§6265 Use of Probabilistic Risk Assessment to Ensure Nuclear Safety of Facilities of the Administration and the Office of Environmental Management

Summary

The Administrator and the Secretary of Energy must use national and international standards and nuclear industry best practices when they check, approve, and oversee safety at certain nuclear sites. They should use probabilistic or quantitative risk assessments when there is enough data. Those risk studies must help, not replace, the duty in section 182 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2232) to follow common defense and security rules and to protect public health and safety. The rule applies to national security labs and nuclear weapons production facilities, and to defense nuclear sites run by the DOE Office of Environmental Management.